Find Spot record 6745/1/0 - Unstratified Medieval Find

{?} A figurative brooch of the medieval period, measuring 17mm x 15mm. It represents a man in combat with a lion. The man wears a knee length tunic, decorated with tiny punches. He carries what appears to be a club in his right hand and protects himself with a kite shaped shield held against his left shoulder. The front paws of the rampant lion are fixed into the shield. They stand on a foliate terminal, the man in an attitude of contraposto as he and the lion turn to observe the onlooker. The miniature brooch-pin extends from the groin of the lion to the right ankle of his adversary. The figures may be intended to represent Hercules and the Nemean Lion. The brooch is silver gilt and dates from the C13th.

<1> 2004, Found: 50,000 Treasures Unearthed By Britain's Amateur Archaeologists, (checked) (Newspaper cuttings). SNN107439.

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